Dr. Lucente traveles to South Africa

March 22, 2007

Dr. Lucente traveled to South Africa in March. Visiting the cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Pietermartzburg and Cape Town, he instructed over 100 surgeons in TVT Secure for stress incontinence and PROLIFT for pelvic organ prolapse.

Stress urinary incontinence is a condition that affects more than 19 million women in the United States alone. Half of all women over age 50 experience some degree of pelvic organ prolapse. Twenty percent of women over 60 years of age will require surgical intervention. Women in South Africa suffer from these conditions at about the same incidence rates.
In a combination of lectures and hands on surgical demonstration, Dr. Lucente was able to make a significant contribution to this country sharing his surgical knowledge vast experiences.

The county also made a significant impact on Dr. Lucente, an avid outdoorsman. Awed by it’s rugged beauty and friendly people, he has vowed to return in the near future.

Photos

Top Left: Dr Lucente in the background (right) instructs his South African colleagues on mesh placement.

Top Right: Dr. Lucente (back row, fourth from the left) takes a minute to pose with a group of physician trainers. These 12 physicians attended a special “train the trainer” session taught by Dr. Lucente highlighting teaching techniques enabling them to better teach other physicians.

Bottom Left: A view of the beauty of the landscape south east of Johannesburg.

Bottom Right: A view of the Parliament buildings in Pretoria, the capital of South Africa.